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Proulx has a fondness for remote areas rough, bleak and harsh and it perhaps the special bonds of community that form in such places that draws her. With a wealth of detail and a host of absurdly named characters, annie proulx struggles with her research in that old ace in the hole. Annie proulx cannot be expected to settle permanently into the sad and harshly beautiful newfoundland coast that served as both setting and character for her masterpiece, the shipping news. About the author annie proulx is the author of eight books, including the novel the shipping news and the story collection close range.
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